here is truth

Your small roll of silk seems a shameful offering among the splendor of his gardens, yet it is your sincerity and perseverance that are truly prized.

— I Ching

quoth the madman

" I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind. "

~ Edgar Allan Poe

quoth the madman

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

~ Flannery O’Connor

quoth the madman

The strong are conscripted. The beautiful are exploited. Those who are too plain to be noticed are the ones who survive. They are left alone and safe - Deng Ming-Dao

quoth the madman

Nothing human is finally calculable; even to ourselves we are strange.
~ Gore Vidal

quoth the madman

"If you are caught in another man’s dream, you are lost."
~Giles Deleuze